Motor Magic closes out season at Playground of Power

Adam Papin/MDN Taylor Stenvold (21), of Minot, moves around Doug Green (88x), of Alexander, during the second heat of the IMCA Northern SportMod division on Sunday night.
A who’s who of dirt track drivers from across North Dakota and beyond came out to Nodak Speedway for three nights of racing to close out the season this past weekend. The weekend was part of the annual Motor Magic program and also the speedway induct its 2023 hall of fame class.
Friday night saw familiar faces finding victory lane, as three of this season’s track champions won. Caden Appelt took the IMCA Hobby Stock feature, Travis Hagen won the ICMA Modified and Gabriel Deschamp took the IMCA Northern Sportmod division.
Mandan’s Shawn Strand claimed the IMCA Stock Car win.
Hagen continued his strong season, sweeping all three Modified features during the weekend on his way to capturing the Modified division’s Gooseneck Harvest Classic from the weekend’s events.
There were other multiple winners on the weekend. Diezel Raynard took wins on Saturday and Sunday in the Hobby Stock division, while his brother was calling the races for the Darn TV broadcasts. Rich Pavelick won the Northern Sportmods the last two nights as well.
Fans witnessed the next generation of racers come out to compete in the Junior Slingshot division. Ten year-old Hudson Mann won both races on the weekend in the first feature while Karver Balerud won the second feature on Saturday and Brook Ones took the checkered flag on Sunday.
Full results from the weekend are below:
Friday, Sept. 1
IMCA Hobby Stock – A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 70-Caden Appelt[1]; 2. 99-Cash Saxon[2]; 3. 52-Scott Joern[3]; 4. 51X-Brennor Grinstead[4]; 5. 34-Austin Harris[9]; 6. 53-Nate Joern[6]; 7. 19T-Thomas Goldsberry[13]; 8. 06-Kevin Smith[5]; 9. 97R-Diezel Raynard[7]; 10. 26-Riley Mann[15]; 11. 64-Emerson Ree[8]; 12. 47-Max Beeter[10]; 13. 5C-Dustin Cheney[18]; 14. 7H-Gene Brunelle[17]; 15. (DNF) 59D-Shawn Daleske[14]; 16. (DNF) 12B-Beth Ann Goudy[12]; 17. (DNS) 25-Austin Green; 18. (DNS) 82T-Tyson Grinstead.
IMCA Modified – A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 14T-Travis Hagen[3]; 2. 21-Aaron Turnbull[5]; 3. 4J-Wayne Johnson[1]; 4. 29-Drew Christianson[12]; 5. 49-Erik Laudenschlager[9]; 6. 02-Kody Scholpp[22]; 7. 5T-Marcus Tomlinson[13]; 8. 12S-Isaac Sondrol[10]; 9. 24Q-Quentin Kinzley[11]; 10. 72X-Kyler Jeffrey[21]; 11. 30-Tyler Wagner[2]; 12. 0-Scott Gartner[14]; 13. 12-Dexter Saxon[15]; 14. 5D-Tim Dignan[7]; 15. 68-Todd Duchscherer[19]; 16. (DNF) 65-Jerad Thelen[6]; 17. (DNF) 10J-Jake Nelson[4]; 18. (DNF) 28C-Austin Caruthers[20]; 19. (DNF) 20+-Chris Anderson[23]; 20. (DNF) 99S-Shawn Strand[8]; 21. (DNF) 3S-Logan Schmitz[16]; 22. (DNF) 5E-Elijah Puckett[24]; 23. (DNF) 20F-Dalton Flory[18]; 24. (DNF) 47-Delos Haugen[26]; 25. (DNS) 73T-Chris Tuchscherer; 26. (DNS) 10-Tyson Turnbull.
IMCA Northern Sportmod – A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 21D-Gabriel Deschamp[1]; 2. 132-Chad Strachen[2]; 3. 21-Taylor Stenvold[4]; 4. 66K-Brian Kentner[8]; 5. 69Z-Christopher Zenz[10]; 6. 0M-Dirk Miller[12]; 7. 16-Shawn Nostdahl[20]; 8. 2A-Bruce King[22]; 9. 5-Lance Lochthowe[3]; 10. 22-Keenan Glasser[7]; 11. 35L-Jesse Long[17]; 12. 271-Dennis Chapman[23]; 13. 91S-Devin Seney[6]; 14. (DNF) 6N-Shawn Keena[18]; 15. (DNF) 74-Darren Medler[5]; 16. (DNF) 14P-CJ Peterson[9]; 17. (DNF) 35-Dave Rivinius[11]; 18. (DNF) 4-Ed Conlin[21]; 19. (DNF) 18-Ryder Raynard[14]; 20. (DNF) 406-Nathan Buchmann[16]; 21. (DNF) 11-Dustyn Mayer[15]; 22. (DNF) 09-Luke Asselin[19]; 23. (DNF) 306-Zack Nelson[24]; 24. (DNF) 11B-Levi Wald[13].
IMCA Stock Car – A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 99X-Shawn Strand[2]; 2. 36-Brett Woznicki[6]; 3. 67-Joren Boyce[1]; 4. 46-Geoff Mann[7]; 5. 20-Joe Flory[4]; 6. 68-Jeremy Swanson[5]; 7. 7-Gary Goudy Sr[12]; 8. (DNF) 21-Gabriel Deschamp[3]; 9. (DNF) 19-Cody St Croix[10]; 10. (DNS) 73H-Shawn Green; 11. (DNS) 10EH-Ed Turnbull; 12. (DQ) 2X-Billy Preston[8].
Saturday, Sept. 2
IMCA Hobby Stock – A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 97R-Diezel Raynard[4]; 2. 47-Max Beeter[1]; 3. 99H-Trever Haas[5]; 4. 51X-Brennor Grinstead[3]; 5. 70-Tyler Hehn[8]; 6. 52-Scott Joern[6]; 7. 64-Emerson Ree[11]; 8. 64G-Owen Goetz[12]; 9. 82T-Tyson Grinstead[17]; 10. 99-Cash Saxon[9]; 11. 25-Brett Green[7]; 12. 12B-Beth Ann Goudy[20]; 13. 7H-Gene Brunelle[10]; 14. 5C-Dustin Cheney[15]; 15. 59D-Shawn Daleske[16]; 16. 34-Austin Harris[13]; 17. (DNF) 87A-Ayden Bohannon[19]; 18. (DNF) 53-Nate Joern[14]; 19. (DNF) 26-Riley Mann[18]; 20. (DNS) 19T-Thomas Goldsberry; 21. (DQ) 06-Kevin Smith[2].
IMCA Modified – A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 14T-Travis Hagen[2]; 2. 99S-Shawn Strand[5]; 3. 5T-Marcus Tomlinson[3]; 4. 29-Drew Christianson[6]; 5. 20F-Dalton Flory[12]; 6. 3S-Logan Schmitz[4]; 7. 12S-Isaac Sondrol[18]; 8. 49-Gabriel Deschamp[10]; 9. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[7]; 10. 47K-Luke Krogh[21]; 11. 29A-Les McLenehan[11]; 12. 7-Danny Staff[24]; 13. 5D-Tim Dignan[17]; 14. (DNF) 12-Dexter Saxon[23]; 15. (DNF) 30-Tyler Wagner[14]; 16. (DNF) 28C-Austin Caruthers[16]; 17. (DNF) 0-Scott Gartner[9]; 18. (DNF) 10J-Jake Nelson[13]; 19. (DNF) 65-Jerad Thelen[15]; 20. (DNF) 72X-Kyler Jeffrey[22]; 21. (DNF) 4J-Wayne Johnson[1]; 22. (DNF) 21-Aaron Turnbull[20]; 23. (DNF) 11-Steven Pfeifer[19]; 24. (DNS) 87X-Bland Bohannon.
IMCA Northern Sportmod – A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Rich Pavlicek[11]; 2. 21-Taylor Stenvold[12]; 3. 21D-Gabriel Deschamp[16]; 4. 5-Scott Jacobson[14]; 5. 0M-Dirk Miller[20]; 6. 69Z-Christopher Zenz[6]; 7. 5L-Lance Lochthowe[23]; 8. 4-Ed Conlin[18]; 9. 35-Dave Rivinius[1]; 10. 74-Jayden Pavlicek[13]; 11. 89-Tim Goodwin[2]; 12. 88X-Doug Green[17]; 13. 35L-Jesse Long[24]; 14. (DNF) 14P-CJ Peterson[22]; 15. (DNF) 11-Dustyn Mayer[4]; 16. (DNF) 61-Lane Hanna[19]; 17. (DNF) 66K-Brian Kentner[7]; 18. (DNF) 2A-Bruce King[5]; 19. (DNF) 29-Darren Schatz[21]; 20. (DNF) 47-Tanner Conlin[9]; 21. (DNF) 18-Ryder Raynard[10]; 22. (DNF) 22-Keenan Glasser[3]; 23. (DNF) 6N-Shawn Keena[15]; 24. (DNS) 11B-Levi Wald.
IMCA Stock Car – A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 68-Jeremy Swanson[2]; 2. 20-Joe Flory[1]; 3. 21-Gabriel Deschamp[10]; 4. 52-Brennan Borg[6]; 5. 36-Brett Woznicki[5]; 6. 76X-Taylor Mogard[7]; 7. 7-Gary Goudy Sr[11]; 8. (DNF) 67-Joren Boyce[3]; 9. (DNF) 46-Geoff Mann[8]; 10. (DNS) 99X-Shawn Strand; 11. (DNS) 19-Cody St Croix.
IMCA Sport Compact – A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-James Gilbert[1]; 2. 81K-Krys Yost[2]; 3. 27Z-Zach Hughbanks[3]; 4. 54-Robert Seekings[4]; 5. 14-Abby Tallman[5]; 6. 05-Jacob Saunders[8]; 7. 10M-Maggie Watne[10]; 8. (DNF) 81-Lily Christianson[9]; 9. (DNF) 44T-Trista Severison[6]; 10. (DNF) 19T-Nicholia Topolski[7].
Junior Slingshots – A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 195-Hudson Mann[2]; 2. 33J-Jacek Ashworth[1]; 3. 5X-Brooks Ones[4]; 4. 221E-Eli Turnbull[5]; 5. 50-Gunner Raynard[3]; 6. 30W-Denli Wendt[7]; 7. 7-Sierra Staff[6]; 8. J9-Jace Keller[9]; 9. 2-Acelyn Pfeifer[10]; 10. 06-Greydon Smith[8].
A Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 47-Karver Balerud[1]; 2. 99-Jacob Campbell[2]; 3. 14-Kolby Fichter[11]; 4. 21CH-Halle Turnbull[4]; 5. 51-Gage Goetz[6]; 6. 3-Tucker Sebo[8]; 7. 15-Zack Campbell[5]; 8. 38-Liam Campagnola[7]; 9. (DNF) 30-Brogan Wagner[3]; 10. (DNS) 7K-Korbyn Krogh; 11. (DNS) 9ER-Ellie Ruby.
Sunday, Sept. 3
IMCA Hobby Stock – A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 97R-Diezel Raynard[1]; 2. 51X-Brennor Grinstead[2]; 3. 47-Max Beeter[4]; 4. 06-Kevin Smith[8]; 5. 34-Austin Harris[5]; 6. 64-Emerson Ree[9]; 7. 26-Riley Mann[11]; 8. 25-Brett Green[7]; 9. 52-Scott Joern[14]; 10. 64G-Owen Goetz[10]; 11. 87A-Ayden Bohannon[20]; 12. 12B-Beth Ann Goudy[13]; 13. 41-Ty Saxon[6]; 14. 70-Tyler Hehn[17]; 15. (DNF) 99H-Trever Haas[3]; 16. (DNF) 99-Cash Saxon[12]; 17. (DNF) 82T-Tyson Grinstead[15]; 18. (DNF) 7H-Gene Brunelle[16]; 19. (DNF) 5C-Dustin Cheney[21]; 20. (DNF) 59D-Shawn Daleske[19]; 21. (DNS) 53-Nate Joern.
IMCA Modified – A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 14T-Travis Hagen[7]; 2. 21-Aaron Turnbull[4]; 3. 11-Steven Pfeifer[9]; 4. 49-Gabriel Deschamp[10]; 5. 73T-Chris Tuchscherer[3]; 6. 10J-Jake Nelson[19]; 7. 9-Philip Keller[16]; 8. 72X-Kyler Jeffrey[25]; 9. 84-Jacoby Traut[20]; 10. 7-Danny Staff[17]; 11. 47K-Luke Krogh[21]; 12. 29A-Les McLenehan[15]; 13. 12S-Isaac Sondrol[18]; 14. 20+-Chris Anderson[26]; 15. 5D-Tim Dignan[24]; 16. (DNF) 5T-Marcus Tomlinson[5]; 17. (DNF) 29-Drew Christianson[1]; 18. (DNF) 30-Tyler Wagner[6]; 19. (DNF) 87X-Bland Bohannon[12]; 20. (DNF) 20F-Dalton Flory[8]; 21. (DNF) 0-Scott Gartner[11]; 22. (DNF) 47-Delos Haugen[23]; 23. (DNF) 99S-Shawn Strand[2]; 24. (DNF) 12-Dexter Saxon[14]; 25. (DNF) 65-Jerad Thelen[13]; 26. (DNS) 28C-Austin Caruthers.
IMCA Northern Sportmod – A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 17-Rich Pavlicek[3]; 2. 21D-Gabriel Deschamp[7]; 3. 132-Chad Strachen[2]; 4. 13-Justin Fichter[4]; 5. 89-Tim Goodwin[6]; 6. 4-Ed Conlin[10]; 7. 7S-Shawn Green[22]; 8. 0M-Dirk Miller[11]; 9. 5-Lance Lochthowe[5]; 10. 35-Dave Rivinius[13]; 11. 66K-Brian Kentner[15]; 12. 22-Keenan Glasser[9]; 13. 271-Dennis Chapman[18]; 14. 35L-Jesse Long[23]; 15. (DNF) 6N-Shawn Keena[16]; 16. (DNF) 2A-Bruce King[21]; 17. (DNF) 91S-Devin Seney[8]; 18. (DNF) 21-Taylor Stenvold[20]; 19. (DNF) 5N-Scott Jacobson[12]; 20. (DNF) 88X-Doug Green[24]; 21. (DNF) 74-Jayden Pavlicek[14]; 22. (DNF) 69Z-Christopher Zenz[1]; 23. (DNF) 125-Macaulay Nelson[17]; 24. (DNF) 29-Darren Schatz[19].
IMCA Sport Compact – A Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 44-James Gilbert[1]; 2. 81K-Krys Yost[2]; 3. 27Z-Zach Hughbanks[4]; 4. 14-Josh Duchsherer[3]; 5. 44T-Trista Severison[6]; 6. 05-Jacob Saunders[7]; 7. 19T-Nicholia Topolski[9]; 8. 54-Robert Seekings[5]; 9. 81-Lily Christianson[8]; 10. 10M-Maggie Watne[10].
IMCA Stock Car – A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 20-Joe Flory[2]; 2. 21-Gabriel Deschamp[1]; 3. 68-Jeremy Swanson[8]; 4. 46-Geoff Mann[6]; 5. 67-Joren Boyce[5]; 6. 52-Brennan Borg[3]; 7. 76-Bob Fuegmann[7]; 8. 76X-Taylor Mogard[4]; 9. 7-Gary Goudy Sr[9].
Junior Slingshots – A Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 195-Hudson Mann[2]; 2. 30W-Denli Wendt[1]; 3. 33J-Jacek Ashworth[3]; 4. 50-Gunner Raynard[7]; 5. 51-Gage Goetz[4]; 6. 30-Brogan Wagner[8]; 7. 7-Sierra Staff[10]; 8. 99-Jacob Campbell[6]; 9. 47-Karver Balerud[9]; 10. (DNF) 14-Kolby Fichter[5].
A Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5X-Brooks Ones[9]; 2. 06-Greydon Smith[1]; 3. J9-Jace Keller[2]; 4. 2-Acelyn Pfeifer[5]; 5. 21CH-Halle Turnbull[3]; 6. 3-Tucker Sebo[4]; 7. 9ER-Ellie Ruby[6]; 8. 38-Liam Campagnola[7]; 9. 15-Zack Campbell[8]; 10. (DNS) 7K-Korbyn Krogh.